Mantra Meditation + Doxepin

These two come up together because they touch the same health topic — not because they do the same job. Doxepin is a prescription medicine with approved uses on its FDA label. Mantra Meditation is a practice: what follows is what researchers have looked at it for, and how strong that evidence is.

Doxepin is prescribed for: This product is marketed to temporarily relieve occasional trouble sleeping when it's brought on by anxiety, restlessness, stress, or sensitivity to caffeine. It is a homeopathic remedy — meaning its claims are based on traditional homeopathic practice, not accepted medical evidence, and it has not been evaluated by the FDA for effectiveness.

Mantra Meditation has been studied for:

• Anxiety Natural Medicines rates the evidence for Mantra Meditation: Possibly Effective Read what the research shows

  Mantra Meditation for anxiety

  Practicing transcendental meditation or other types of mantra-based meditation may modestly improve anxiety. It is unclear if transcendental meditation is beneficial in children without a diagnosis of anxiety.

• Insomnia studied, not established Mantra Meditation has been studied for this. Natural Medicines rates the evidence: Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate Read what the research shows

  Mantra Meditation for insomnia

  Although there has been interest in the practice of mantra meditation for insomnia and other sleep disorders, there is insufficient reliable information about the clinical effects of mantra meditation for this purpose.

• Stress studied, not established Mantra Meditation has been studied for this. Natural Medicines rates the evidence: Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate Read what the research shows

  Mantra Meditation for stress

  While some conflicting evidence exists, a meta-analysis and several small clinical studies suggest that practicing mantra meditation may modestly reduce stress.

Effectiveness ratings and the research summaries above are the verbatim record from the Natural Medicines database, which grades evidence from “Effective” down to “Insufficient Reliable Evidence To Rate”. A rating below the top of that scale means researchers have looked at it — not that it works, and never that it can stand in for a prescribed medicine. Do not stop or replace Doxepin on your own; if you are taking Mantra Meditation for the same health topic, tell your prescriber, especially if the medicine is being adjusted to a target.

This page covers Mantra Meditation only. If you take other supplements — a multivitamin, a sleep aid, something for joints — the Doxepin page lists 186 supplements it has a documented interaction with, worst first, each one explained.

The most serious there right now: 1,4-butanediol (major), Activated Charcoal (major), American Hellebore (major), Arsenic (major) and Beer (major).

By severity: 15 major · 145 moderate · 26 minor.

Open the Doxepin interaction page ›

Out of every supplement and medication people look up on HelloPharmacist, here is where these two land this week — and which way each has been moving.

Position among everything looked up on this site, not a measure of how commonly either one is used or how important it is. A supplement can climb this list because of a news story. It counts every request to the page, automated ones included, and nothing here identifies anyone.

Natural Medicines records Doxepin as a medicine that can lower these. This is not an interaction with Mantra Meditation — it is a separate effect of the medicine, and it is a reason some people are advised to supplement rather than to avoid one:

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Read the full Doxepin nutrient depletion report ›

Depletion records come from the licensed Natural Medicines database. Do not start a supplement on the strength of this page — ask your pharmacist or doctor whether it applies to you.